Broadway Grosses: Wicked, The Lion King & Elf Set Records in Smashing Holiday Week

Broadway producers love holiday weekends, and Thanksgiving 2010 gave them plenty of reasons to be grateful. Wicked, The Lion King and Elf shattered house records at the Gershwin, Minskoff and Al Hirschfeld Theatres, grossing $2,150,665, $1,870,145 and $1,406,283 respectively. A total of 10 shows topped $1 million, and 11 of 39 shows played to more than 90% of capacity. The final entry of 2010, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, played its first eagerly awaited performance at the newly re-christened Foxwoods Theatre, hauling in $200,605 for the November 28 show. Meanwhile, Broadway said farewell to Elling and A Life in the Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending November 28:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($2,150,665)
2. The Lion King ($1,870,565)
3. Elf ($1,406,283)
4. The Addams Family ($1,299,371)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,269,247)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ($200,605)*
4. Elling ($198,048)
3. A Free Man of Color ($194,194)
2. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short ($151,610)
1. The Pitmen Painters ($127,483)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Merchant of Venice (102.55%)**
2. Wicked (100%)
3. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (99.74%)*
4. The Lion King (99.31%)
5. Jersey Boys (97.49%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Time Stands Still (48.35%)
4. Elling (47.74%)
3. La Bete (46.61%)
2. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (45.85%)
1. A Free Man of Color (45.01%)

*Number based on one preview performance.
**Number based on seven regular performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.